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most beautifully and profusely, the soil of the border being very 

 similar to that before recommended, but with a less proportion of sand 

 and lime-rubbish. A rockery with a southern aspect is likewise a 

 most excellent situation for them, in the crevices of which they may 

 be inserted in a soil introduced for the purpose, and they will there 

 be effectually preserved from any superfluity of moisture. But they 

 will seldom be found capable of enduring the open air throughout 

 the whole season in this country, and therefore it is necessary to remove 

 them from the ground in the autumnal months, and place them in 

 pots of a sufficient size to be kept through the winter in the green- 

 house, or succulent house, with very little water, and a temperature 

 just high enough to exclude frost. They should never be pruned, for 

 when they become old and straggling it is better to throw them away 

 at once, having previously raised a stock of young plants to supply 

 their place. 



The annual species require very little attention, as it is only neces- 

 sary to collect the seed as soon as it is ripe, and sow it in a very light 

 soil, keeping it in an airy part of the greenhouse till it vegetates, and 

 afterwards potting the young plants singly into small pots, and treat- 

 ing them according to the preceding directions with regard to soil, 

 situation, and water. 



Thus treated, there are few plants which reward the cultivator 

 with a greater profusion of showy blossoms of the most lovely and 

 brilliant colours than the numerous species and varieties of this genus, 

 and they are equally within the reach of the nobleman and the 

 amateur, and may be successfully cultivated in the garden of either, 

 provided due attention is given to the subjects of light, soil, and 

 watering, as here detailed. 



ARTICLE III. 



REMARKS ON CULTURE OF ROSES IN POTS. 

 In our June Number (page 144) we merely noticed the publication 

 of the " Horticultural Essays," being the papers read at the meetings 

 of the Regent's Park Gardens Association, for mutual instruction. 

 That our readers may have a more correct idea of their excellence we 

 extract the following, not only as a specimen of what the essays are, 

 but to promote what appears to be very desirable, viz., the culture of 

 Roses in pots. 



